One of this man's song cycles includes pieces about a child's encounter with a beetle and a cat named "Sailor" trying to eat a canary. Another of this composer's song cycles consists of four songs, including "Lullaby," about a mother cradling her sic
One of this man's song cycles includes pieces about a child's encounter with a beetle and a cat named "Sailor" trying to eat a canary. Another of this composer's song cycles consists of four songs, including "Lullaby," about a mother cradling her sickly child, and "Trepak," about a drunken peasant freezing in a blizzard. This composer of The Nursery and Songs and Dances of Death wrote a tone poem which ends with the sound of church bells dispelling dancing witches on St. John's Eve. A piano suite by this author includes the movements "Bydlo" and "The Hut on Fowl's Legs," and begins with a "Promenade" depicting the composer walking to view the works of Viktor Hartmann. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of Night on Bald Mountain and Pictures at an Exhibition.
One of this man's song cycles includes pieces about a child's encounter with a beetle and a cat named "Sailor" trying to eat a canary.
Modest Petrovich {Mussorgsky}